Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22

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d0ne tonight, 70 tbs lessoa OF tbs nsRs II
comes % them. nos passive and insFt as
from the pages Of Eiss0rys bas hvtng.
breathing speaking reality. glowing
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yss, and led Il They kasg thai when
that daa vas borne acre the scarlet
plains OF Mexie3 and raised 81 last 10
triumph over the spires Of its Capital,
that yo1r swcFd hslped to taks IL there.
They kn0W that when Is vas carried up
she baoody heights Of Frs1ericksonrg
IN aercs bat fruItgess vaIoF. that when
Il was planted a. last IN victory on
nth NhRR
know that when Lsngstseek's men
poured in resistleas fury over the crest
Of Cemetery ridge and sought 20 rear
shove 10 The crimson bars Of she Con-
fedeKacy, that you were there; that
your breast met their steel and year
blood mingled With thss Of tbs th0o-
sands Of martyrs, whose fall has made
that bill q holy place. Fhey kDo9 that
when Grant bore that d8R through the
DARK and bloody Raz 9 Of the Wilder
ness that you we're By bis side, and that
anaiIY when Lee placed bis swsrd IN
the hand Of your great leader at Appo
mattox, and the stern edict OF the
North that that dag should nevsF lose
single star 9as made final, that you
we're there 70 witness H. They knes
that you have learned the lesson OF the
Gag amid the singing Of bullets, tbs
roar Of cannon and the efass Of ehsER-
ing sqaadFsns, and, hearing it from toe
lips Of such teacher, they ein never
forget it.
But the msA Who wrought this history
With their blood are steadily marching
on. Every year q brigade crosses the
dark river and pitches ia tsnts IN the
eternal Sunshine Of the celestial mead
sgs- And when the bagisr saail have
souDdsd his last assembly, and the sss-
Resnt called fog the last time, "Fall Ia,
and when toe last member Of the Grand
Army shall have bsen mu steFed out, these
yoHng men. then old and gray, will re
peat 10 those gho have taken thsiE
places in these ranks the sentiments
you have uttered tonight and teach
them to guard with especial care this
Gifts of generous friends. because %
came 20 them through the hand Of John
A. Gibbon, one OF the great leaders Of
the army Of the Union.
These young soldiers into whose hands
you have committed this hsG do not
wear the blue because Of aby intention
on their part TO follow tke profession Of
arms. TGey are Students in su inslitu-
ten of learning. Their paths in life
and they are paths of peace. But they
recognize the fact that 1t il the duty Of
| every trde American, Who has youth,
AID health and strength, to become pro-
feient ia the Use OF arms. and aa-
q aainted with military tactics and dis
oipline. They are cilizsn soldiers. Az
has been well and truly said By the
hero Of the March to the Sea. 81 cannot
help pleading to my countrymsn at
every opportunity to cherish all that
Is manly and noble in the mir ry
profession, because peacs is enervatinR
and no man 10 wise enough to foFeteil
when soldiers may be in demand again"
But to meet sach an emergency the
maintenance OF a large standing army
IN this country is out of the question.
A glance at pauper Europe, where every
peasant works "Eith a soldier on his
back. Is sufficient to Danish forever any
suggestion Of thai kind. We then must
turn to our citizen s0Idisry. TheiF re-
cord is already written on the pages of
the Nations history, and it is written in
letters Of gold. What that record is no
ons knows better than yosrself, q reRu-
lar army officer, who marched and
fought side by side with them from the
day the hEst gun vas fred on SamteE
down 30 the end Of the grand review at
Washington.
II had always been q maxim with
tacticians Of the old world that a per
feet soldier was bat q perfect machine;
that intelligence aud education we're a
bar to his highest efficiency, bat they in
q single battle explOd d that fallaey and
demonstrated what 10 nov 8 universally
aanAa4aA faaA that - g.
rible az one IN which every bayonet
thinks.
The donors Of this haR hsva inscribed
upon IL, February 8Gs. 1886" Ths in
scFiplion of thst date has a purpose
and q meaning that 10 deeply, els
Qaently significant; enc which makes
IEs bestsaai at your bands peculiarly
appropriate. Let hin take who has
the power and let him keep Who cau."
Is she iaw of the sw0rd. but although
bred and trained q soldier, you have
always proclaimed as your motto. The
law is Supreme" and that date Hpon
that haR, IL q constant testimonial to
the fidelity and courage With which the
University Cadets maintained the pEin-
opal Of the absolute supremacy OF tie
Lag of the land. That dsts tells rs that
there vas time when that 1aw Vas open
~ de6sd, when the doctrine vas shame
lessly proclaimed that Is Was to BE- re-
speeted only so long as there vas power
bshind il sufficient 20 enforce 1t. Il
tells rs that there vas time when its
othoers confessed themselves unable
alone to stem the tide, and Justice
wrun9 her hands and called for aid.
Whes that call cane these young men
we're simply stadents in the college on
the bill. No cath Of enlistment bound
hem 20 answer IL, bnt there vas an OBJ
legation more sacred and mere power
ful than ever mastering officer created
which made inaetion impossible. |
They bad beeR reared beneath |
thst h4e; they had studied its grand |
and RioFisus shistoFy until il had |
become part OF their being, and their /
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boldly, bsssiy reasonable Is 20 even 1
whisper that li Was poweFless % protect
every person esReAsa is folds. And i
With one common voice and one com.
mon impulse they spranR forth. riass in
hand, N qaick response. Many wers
no taller than tee pieces they bore,
bat With the sseadinsss Of veterans they
fell into line aud waited the Summons 10